# Salt and Pepper Chicken

Crispy chicken with proper Chinese takeaway flavor, high in protein and under 400 calories.

- Servings: 2 servings
- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 500 g chicken breast diced into bite-sized pieces
- 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 0.25 tsp Chinese five spice
- 0.25 tsp garlic powder
- 0.5 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 2 garlic cloves sliced
- 2 dried chilies chopped
- 1 tbsp chili flakes
- 0.5 onion sliced
- 0.5 green pepper sliced
- 1 chili sliced
- spring onion

## Instructions

1. Dice 500g of chicken breast into bite-sized pieces and add to a bowl.
2. Add 2 tablespoons of dark soy sauce, a teaspoon of ground black pepper, a teaspoon of salt, and 2 tablespoons of cornflour.
3. Mix well to fully coat and combine the chicken.
4. Add the chicken straight to an air fryer tray and spread out as much as you can.
5. Cook for 20 minutes total time at 200° Celsius (390° Fahrenheit).
6. Turn over the chicken after 10 minutes.
7. For the veg spice mix, to a bowl add half a teaspoon of salt, quarter teaspoon of Chinese five spice, quarter teaspoon of garlic powder, and half a teaspoon of ground black pepper.
8. Mix the spice ingredients well.
9. To a wok, add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, two sliced garlic cloves, two chopped dried chilies, 1 tablespoon of chili flakes, half a sliced onion, half a sliced green pepper, and one sliced chili.
10. Add the cooked chicken and the spice mix to the wok.
11. Stir to fully coat the chicken and vegetables.
12. Add some more spring onion.
13. Stir for another minute.

## Equipment

- bowl
- air fryer tray
- wok

## Tips

- Turn over the chicken after 10 minutes when air frying.
- Stir fry the wok ingredients until fragrant.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@curtishigh/video/7596340819636981014
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ecbcc7c3-b221-485f-851e-421a1a36022b
- Extracted: 2026-04-05

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